PARSIPPANY — Police say a masked robber broke into a Parsippany hotel room and struck a man in the head with a handgun before speeding away with electronics and $300 in cash.

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Officers Brian Conover, John Keiling, Steve Miller and William Stone and Sgt.
Daniel McConnell all responded to the Sonesta Suites located on Interpace Parkway
to investigate a report of an armed robbery in a guest room, police said.

Dispatchers told police the vehicle involved might have been a Pontiac Grand Am that had been seen speeding out of the parking lot, police said.

Conover and McConnell arrived at the hotel and spoke to the victim of the robbery, who said a friend had just left his room and left the door ajar, police said. When the victim tried to close the door, a man wearing a black ski mask forced his way into the room and knocked the victim to the floor, police said.

The robber went through the victim's pockets, struck him in the head with a gun and fled the room with the victim's wallet (containing $300 in cash), an iPhone, an iPad mini, and a Samsung tablet, police said.

Officer Damon Farms had been patrolling near New Road and positioned his car near the ramp to Route 280 East, police said. He saw a vehicle matching the description and stopped it near mile marker 2.2 of the highway, police said.Police from Montville, East Hanover and the New State Police arrived to help Farms, police said.

The occupants of the vehicle — Zakee Odom, 23, of Newark; Datisha Clairborne, 25, of Orange and Jessica Lane, 25 of Newark — were all arrested, police said.

All three occupants of the vehicle were charged with possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, using a firearm in commission of a robbery, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of CDS with the intent to distribute.

All were lodged in the Morris County Correctional Facility in lieu of $250,000 bail with no 10 percent option, police said.